FY 2000 proposal 20116
Contents
Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary
Reviews and Recommendations
Additional documents
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| 20116 Narrative | Narrative |
| 20116 Sponsor Response to the ISRP | Response |
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Horn Butte |
| Proposal ID | 20116 |
| Organization | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
| Name | Susan P. Barnes |
| Mailing address | 2501 SW First Ave, P.O. Box 59 Portland, OR 97217 |
| Phone / email | 5038725260 / susan.p.barnes@state.or.us |
| Manager authorizing this project | |
| Review cycle | FY 2000 |
| Province / Subbasin | Columbia Plateau / Columbia Lower Middle |
| Short description | Protect and enhance bunch grass and shrub-steppe habitats through alteration of land use practices and control of noxious weeds on acquired and eased lands. Develop cooperative management plan for adjacent BLM lands and ease other adjacent public lands. |
| Target species | Western meadowlark and California quail |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
| RPA |
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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
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Section 2. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishment |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Created a list of potential wildlife mitigation projects throughout Oregon |
| 1997 | Compiled more comprehensive prioritized list of mitigation sites; identified Horn Butte area as priority area |
| 1998 | FY99 proposal for $1,000,000 to acquire and/or ease lands in the Horn Butte area was approved and recommended |
| 1998 | Began landowner negotiations for land acquisition and/or conservation easement and cooperative management of public land at Horn Butte |
| 1998 | Developed partnerships with BLM Prineville District Office, Clearwater Land Exchange, Trust for Public Lands, and The Nature Conservancy that will help facilitate project objectives |
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 9705900 | Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon | Umbrella project; explains intent for mitigation planning, coordination, and implementation by Oregon wildlife managers within Oregon. Identifies priority projects with specific budgets that will help meet mitigation objectives. |
| ODFW Mainstem Umbrella Proposal | Umbrella project; explains management intent for anadromous and resident fish and wildlife in and along the mainstem Columbia and Snake rivers. | |
| 9565 | Assessing Oregon Trust Agreement Using GAP Anaylsis | A mitigation planning tool used to analyze and rank potential mitigation projects within the basin. |
| 9284 | Oregon Trust Agreement Planning Project | A mitigation planning tool that includes methods for assembling a trust agreement and a list of potential mitigation projects. |
| 9009200 | Wanaket Wildlife Mitigation Project Operations & Maintenance | A project proposal that addresses similar habitats and species. Enhancement techniques and results will be shared. |
| 9206800 | Implementation of Willamette Basin Mitigation Program - Wildlife | A mitigation proprosal focusing on land acquisition/easement, enhancement, and management of lands in the Willamette Basin. Similar in function as Coalition's umbrella project. |
| 20112 | Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Wenaha WMA Additions | |
| 20113 | Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, South Fork Crooked River | |
| Juniper Canyon and Columbia Gorge Wildlife Mitigation Project | ||
| 20140 | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Additions | |
| 9140 | Acquisition of Pine Creek Ranch | |
| 9705900 | Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon | |
| Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Logan Valley | ||
| 20134 | Acquire Oxbow Ranch - Middle Fork John Day | |
| Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Trout Creek Canyon | ||
| Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Ruthton Point (Mitchell Point) | ||
| Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Multnomah Channel | ||
| Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, E.E. Wilson WMA Additions | ||
| 20114 | Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Ladd Marsh WMA Additions | |
| 20115 | Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, Irrigon WMA Additions | |
| Securing Wildlife Mitigation Sites - Oregon, McKenzie River Islands |
Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase
Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase
Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase
Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
| Item | Note | FY 2000 cost |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | 0.25 FTE | $11,598 |
| Fringe | @ 38% | $4,407 |
| Supplies | fence, weed control, sign, and other materials | $5,000 |
| Operating | incorporated into personnel and subcontractor line items | $0 |
| Capital | conservation easement of up to 22,000 acres | $400,000 |
| NEPA | $5,000 | |
| Travel | $3,000 | |
| Indirect | @35.5% | $10,297 |
| Other | Restoration and M&E activities are incorporated into the personnel line item | $0 |
| Subcontractor | Gilliam Co. Weed Control (O&M) | $3,000 |
| $442,302 | ||
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2000 cost | $442,302 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2000 budget request | $442,302 |
| FY 2000 forecast from 1999 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLM | Assistance in management plan development, and enhancement and O&M activities (fencing and weed control) likely; no cost-sharing agreement is currently in place | $0 | unknown |
| Others undetermined at this time | Opportunities will be investigated during restoration plan development | $0 | unknown |
Other budget explanation
Schedule Constraints: Difficult landowner negotiation efforts and inadequate or untimely fund acquisition could delay project implementation. Severe weather conditions could delay field activities.
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Comment:
Recommendation: Fund for one year. Subsequent funding contingent on a better description of monitoring and restoration objectives and methodsComments: The discussion of costs is not adequate to judge whether steps have been taken to assure that a reasonable price was paid for the property. In fact, it is not clear whether the property was purchased in FY99, or negotiations are still underway. The question arises whether Phase II is needed or not. An explanation would help. (See Programmatic Comments.)
Comment:
Technically Sound? No
Aug 20, 1999
Comment:
Explain how this project fits into a watershed context.Is buying conservation easements on BLM land an appropriate use of BPA mitigation dollars?
Abstract over page limit.
Comment:
Comment:
OWCComment:
(h) wildlife mitigation: four projects (20112, 20114, 20115, 20116) (Oregon Wildlife Coalition)Issue: The ISRP recommended that several new wildlife habitat acquisition and mitigation projects be funded for Fiscal Year 2000. Bonneville raised the issue in its comments submitted during the public comment period that funding these projects raises crediting issues, and would seek to postpone these projects (and others in the future) until crediting issues are resolved.
Council Recommendation: The Council recommends that Bonneville fund all wildlife projects recommended by CBFWA in Fiscal Year 1998, Fiscal Year 1999, and Fiscal Year 2000 that have been approved by the Council and recommended to Bonneville. This includes projects 20112, 20114, 20115, and 20116 referenced in Bonneville's August 13, 1999 comments. Pending resolution of the crediting issues, the managers and Bonneville should assign the HU's achieved by their projects on an interim basis to the hydroprojects where credits are believed to be available: NE Oregon (NPT), Logan Valley (BPT), Ladd Marsh (ODFW), Denny Jones (BPT), Wenaha (ODFW), and FY 99 and FY 00 Yakama Riparian acquisitions (YIN) to the Lower Snake; and Irrigon (ODFW), Pine Creek (CTWSRO), Horn Butte (ODFW), Trout Creek (ODFW), and S. Fork Crooked River (ODFW) to John Day, The Dalles, Bonneville, and the Willamette projects.
- The Council makes the above funding recommendations on the condition that it will facilitate a resolution of the crediting methodology, mitigation accounting, and equitable allocation of credits, and any other crediting issues that surface with the wildlife managers, Bonneville, and others. The Council is advised that the wildlife managers will be forwarding to it a recommendation on crediting methodology. The Council will use this recommendation as a vehicle to begin the discussions on all of the crediting issues discussed here.
- While not strictly an Fiscal Year 2000 issue, the Council considered and adopted an emergency motion related to the Pine Creek project (CTWSRO) in order to provide requested assurances to Bonneville that funding will be available in future years to pay the acquisition price of the property. The Council, by formal motion proposed by the Oregon Wildlife Coalition, voted to not approve any Oregon Wildlife Coalition projects in Fiscal Year 2001 unless and until the Pine Creek acquisition was completely funded.
Comment:
[Decision made in 9-22-99 Council Meeting];